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- 29/10/2021
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More than 441 thousand Italian companies have invested in green economy and sustainability in the last five years in order to face the future: this is one of the data that emerges most strongly from the GreenItaly 2021 Report, now in its twelfth edition, carried out by Symbola Foundation and Unioncamere, with the collaboration of Centro Studi Tagliacarne and under the patronage of the Ministry of Ecological Transition.
The research is conducted annually on the value of the Green Economy and tells how Italy is able to meet the major environmental challenges by focusing on innovation and research, developing the economic value of companies and the country.
The twelfth GreenItaly Report was presented by Ermete Realacci, President of Symbola Foundation; Andrea Prete, President of Unioncamere; Giuseppe Tripoli, Secretary General of Unioncamere, Francesco Starace, CEO and General Manager of Enel in the presence of Roberto Cingolani, Minister of Ecological Transition and Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for the Economy.
The GreenItaly 2021 Report shows an acceleration towards an economy on a human scale that focuses on sustainability, innovation, communities and territories. "The Covid has not stopped green investments, - said the president of Unioncamere, Andrea Prete - because more and more entrepreneurs are aware of the competitive advantages arising from the ecological transition. But more than half of the manufacturing companies still perceive this transition as a constraint rather than an opportunity".
In order to give further impetus to the ecological transition, it is necessary to intervene on several factors: the lack of skills through appropriate training courses; the spread of a more sustainable business culture; access to bank credit to facilitate the procurement of resources for environmental investments; regulations and taxation, simplifying administrative procedures as well as incentives and facilities; the creation of markets for sustainability (Green Public Procurement, etc.); and support from institutions to companies, both in technical and technological issues and in assistance in accessing resources and services.
Interesting data emerge from the GreenItaly Report: first of all, green companies are facing the crisis better. As we said at the beginning, there are more than 441,000 companies that in the five-year period 2016-2020 have decided to invest in green technologies and products and, more precisely, 31.9% of companies in industry and services have invested, despite the crisis caused by the pandemic, in green technologies and products, a value that rises to 36.3% in manufacturing.
Thanks to these investments these companies have a dynamism on foreign markets higher than the rest of the Italian production system, innovate more and produce more jobs: with specific reference to manufacturing companies (5-499 employees), in eco-investors the share of exporters is 31% in 2021, against a smaller 20% of those who have not invested. Also on the turnover front, 14% of investing companies expect an increase in turnover by 2021, against 9% of the others.
Another interesting fact concerns employment and specifically green jobs: contracts related to green jobs, with 2020 activation, represent 35.7% of new contracts in the year.
Italy is also confirmed as a leader in the circular economy with a recycling on all waste, urban and special, of 79.4%, twice the European average with an annual saving of 23 million tons of oil equivalent and 63 million tons of CO2 equivalent in emissions.
Sustainability is now present in the industrial strategies of all sectors of the Italian economy, with the circular economy advancing within the made in Italy companies. In the wood furniture supply chain, 95% of wood is already recycled to produce furniture panels, with a saving in CO2 consumption of almost 2 million tons/year.
Finally, in Italy, in 2020, 37% of electricity consumption was met by renewable sources, with a production of about 116 TWh.
The complete GreenItaly 2021 Report on www.symbola.net
The research is conducted annually on the value of the Green Economy and tells how Italy is able to meet the major environmental challenges by focusing on innovation and research, developing the economic value of companies and the country.
The twelfth GreenItaly Report was presented by Ermete Realacci, President of Symbola Foundation; Andrea Prete, President of Unioncamere; Giuseppe Tripoli, Secretary General of Unioncamere, Francesco Starace, CEO and General Manager of Enel in the presence of Roberto Cingolani, Minister of Ecological Transition and Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for the Economy.
The Covid-19 has not stopped green investments
The GreenItaly 2021 Report shows an acceleration towards an economy on a human scale that focuses on sustainability, innovation, communities and territories. "The Covid has not stopped green investments, - said the president of Unioncamere, Andrea Prete - because more and more entrepreneurs are aware of the competitive advantages arising from the ecological transition. But more than half of the manufacturing companies still perceive this transition as a constraint rather than an opportunity".
In order to give further impetus to the ecological transition, it is necessary to intervene on several factors: the lack of skills through appropriate training courses; the spread of a more sustainable business culture; access to bank credit to facilitate the procurement of resources for environmental investments; regulations and taxation, simplifying administrative procedures as well as incentives and facilities; the creation of markets for sustainability (Green Public Procurement, etc.); and support from institutions to companies, both in technical and technological issues and in assistance in accessing resources and services.
Data and stories of the Italian green economy
Interesting data emerge from the GreenItaly Report: first of all, green companies are facing the crisis better. As we said at the beginning, there are more than 441,000 companies that in the five-year period 2016-2020 have decided to invest in green technologies and products and, more precisely, 31.9% of companies in industry and services have invested, despite the crisis caused by the pandemic, in green technologies and products, a value that rises to 36.3% in manufacturing.
Thanks to these investments these companies have a dynamism on foreign markets higher than the rest of the Italian production system, innovate more and produce more jobs: with specific reference to manufacturing companies (5-499 employees), in eco-investors the share of exporters is 31% in 2021, against a smaller 20% of those who have not invested. Also on the turnover front, 14% of investing companies expect an increase in turnover by 2021, against 9% of the others.
Another interesting fact concerns employment and specifically green jobs: contracts related to green jobs, with 2020 activation, represent 35.7% of new contracts in the year.
Italy is also confirmed as a leader in the circular economy with a recycling on all waste, urban and special, of 79.4%, twice the European average with an annual saving of 23 million tons of oil equivalent and 63 million tons of CO2 equivalent in emissions.
Sustainability is now present in the industrial strategies of all sectors of the Italian economy, with the circular economy advancing within the made in Italy companies. In the wood furniture supply chain, 95% of wood is already recycled to produce furniture panels, with a saving in CO2 consumption of almost 2 million tons/year.
Finally, in Italy, in 2020, 37% of electricity consumption was met by renewable sources, with a production of about 116 TWh.
The complete GreenItaly 2021 Report on www.symbola.net
